UK/ Death of JOY LAUREY
We are sad to report that Joy Laurey, creator of Mr Turnip and many other puppets in the early days of British television, died on 2nd June 2014, aged 90.
You can read more about Joy’s career here
http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/jun/11/joy-laurey
and here:
http://whirligig-tv.co.uk/tv/children/whirligig/joylaurey.htm
SOURCE: Puppeteers UK newsletter, sent weekly to PUK members.
http://www.puppeteersuk.com/news_news.asp
Joy Laurey obituary
www.theguardian.com
Puppeteer behind the popular 1950s TV character Mr Turnip